Personal thoughts on gadgets and tech news.
Musings
Coming soon…
0Seeing that I’ve got my new HTC EVO 4G LTE (cripes I hate that name) on pre-order, you can pretty well expect that I’m gonna talk about it on here. I’m thinking I’m gonna have at least two posts on it, I want to do some comparing to the original EVO and just discuss things a bit.
If anybody’s actually reading this ( 
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While you wait, why not go check out another site that I’ve started with my girlfriend, Awkward Geeks. Yes, we’ve turned our socially awkward geeky-ness into a blog. It’s a bit light on content right now, but we’re working on that. Even planning on doing some videos and such, centered around the idea that we’re complete geeks and incredibly socially awkward.
It’s our thing.
Sony NEX-5N, My noobish thoughts
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Sony NEX-5N
Photography’s always been something that I’ve had a mild interest in. I never could actually do anything about that interest, due to my lack of a real camera.
Well lately I’ve decided it was time to correct that situation, so I am now the owner of a Sony NEX-5N mirrorless camera. And let me tell you, this thing is well worth the cash I dropped for it.
Seeing that the only thing I’ve had to take pictures with up till now is my cameraphone, the word upgrade seems a bit of an understatement.
So, how about getting some specs out there.
This camera is rocking a 16.1 megapixel APS-C sensor, 10 fps continuous shooting mode, up to 1080 / 60p AVCHD video capture, a touch-enabled 3-inch LCD, and a maximum ISO of 25,600.
Firefox on the way out?
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Keep on burning.
I was strolling along the web today when I stumbled onto this article from Business Insider. I’ve been hearing for a while now that Google Chrome’s share of the browser market had been going up, while Firefox had been falling. Now it sounds like there’s been an interesting shift in the browser wars.
The little Google search window you see at the top right corner of your Firefox browser is a paid product placement: For the past several years, Google has paid Mozilla something on the order of $1 per copy to have that window there. Last year, that Google search window accounted for 84% of Mozilla’s $123 million of revenue, or about $100 million.
The Google-Mozilla search deal ended in November. There has been no update about whether it has been renegotiated.
This gives me a bit of a sad.
Now, I have to say though, I am using Google Chrome these days. I was a devout Firefox user a few years back, but switched when I was noticing how much system resources Firefox was taking up, and how much lighter Chrome seemed to be.
Still, I always liked Firefox a hell of a lot better than Internet Explorer!
Now it’s starting to look like Firefox may actually go the way of the dodo. I doubt it’ll disappear entirely, but something’s gonna give, that much seems certain.
Farewell, you cuddly looking fox of fire.
It has arrived, the Kindle Touch
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It's actually a bit smaller than I expected.
Well after waiting almost two months, my Kindle Touch finally arrived a couple days ago. I’ve spent the time playing with the device, and of course digging into some books that I’d bought.
I must say I’m very pleased with the experience I’ve had.
Now, keep in mind this is my first e-reader, so I really don’t have anything to compare to. The size feels just right. It just sorta fits in my hand. I’m also very easily able to hold the Kindle one handed, and tap to turn pages. Makes it very easy to read while I’m eating or drinking something.
Back to Battlefield
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You may have noticed no new posts for a fairly large span here. Well, Battlefield 3 arrived on October 25th, and I’ve been carefully studying every aspect…. aw hell I can’t say that with a straight face! I’ve been playing the crap out of this game! It’s fracking awesome and I love it!
I’ve played Battlefield all the way back to Battlefield 1942. I really played Battlefield 2 the most though. All the excitement, the amazingly large scale maps and combat, getting access to vehicles and aircraft, it was so much fun.
Battlefield 3 brings it all back and then some!